TRIAL TWO

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TRIAL

Once again, the investigations conclude -- though they're more ponderous this time, burdened by the number and knowledge of additional deaths, and the awareness that there's limited means of dealing with them -- and once again the ducks gather everyone at the back of the JojaMart along with Makima's wagon, Adela's quiet, the pile of evidence.

Everyone trundles into the loading bay, which isn't all that much livelier than before, penned in by stacks of shelves and crating; but at least it's functional, overly well-lit and there's tea to while away the time discussing murders and mayhem.

As the loading bay door slides closed, you're left with a wagonful of evidence, a double handful of murders and the knowledge that time is ticking down -- for everyone.

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[pimpplan]

So, like, are we gonna talk about the whole duct tape thing, or are we all gonna pretend that didn't happen?

[ staring blankly at Erika and then somewhere into the middle distance ]

[hyperbloom]

[ She is so tired. ]

I think we deserve an explanation about that...

[driftingknight]

I agree. I don't believe the ducks were responsible for that.

[linearcrash]

It was definitely her. It was funny as hell watching her running around taping up the door, yo.

[hyperbloom]

And the reason behind that was...?

[linearcrash]

She is a crazy chick, yo. She probably was trying to see who broke out first, right?

[hyperbloom]

[ ... ]

I...can see that, I guess.

[illprotecteveryone]

Wow...that must have taken her a while...

[Erika is not one to do things half-assed when it comes to her duct tape seals, after all!]

[linearcrash]

Right? Didn't even think she could run that fast.

[liberazoth]

I don't think she's very used to doing it, because she looked ready to collapse when I saw her...

[linearcrash]

[ Pffft. Haha ]

Maybe instead of worrying about people stringing things together, she should work on stringing together some endurance, yo.

[unenvying]

Oh, we have a pretty good idea who's responsible for that...

[driftingknight]

Do we.

[He missed most of the Blacksmith Party, so!]

[unenvying]

Oh yeah, me and Zelos saw Erika running around taping all the doors around the farm so preeetty sure that she's responsible for like, all the tape everywhere even in the town.

[driftingknight]

... I see.

[It's just. Completely flat, because he ain't even surprised. She absolutely seems like the sort of person who would do that.]

[liberazoth]

... oh. If she was running around taping everywhere up I guess that explains why she was so out of breath last night.

[theotherww]

If the duct tape gets torn, that means someone opened the door last night. That's obvious.

[He sighs.] Though it's useless if someone catches on and cuts them.

[liberazoth]

I guess the question is, is there anywhere that wasn't taped, or where the tape stayed intact...?

Otherwise, I guess someone must have spent a lot of time checking all the doors everywhere last night.

[linearcrash]

Wasn't there a duck with a knife? Maybe they decided to cut open the doors?

[liberazoth]

... Are the ducks tall enough for that?

[ h. how high up was the tape. he was under the impression erika was making a complete seal (but also how, she's tiny)?

do the ducks have stepladders. ]

[linearcrash]

Pretty sure they could reach if they tried hard enough.

[liberazoth]

[ looks

at the ducks they have. thinks about the knife tricks one was doing at the festival. hm. ]

... Maybe, I guess.